Text breaks off in mid sentence on last p. of Getty copy. Continuation supplied in MS on recto of back free endpaper (7 lines)

Binding: vellum. Lapped foredges. Title written at head of spine

On verso of frontispiece is ownership inscription of Leopoldus à Prinsperg

Of the [154] leaves of plates, 74 represent 37 double-page plates, tipped onto stubs at the centerfold. Most of these are maps or birds'-eye views of sieges. Five double-page plates are devoted to Leopold's entry into Frankfurt in 1658, his election and coronation as Holy Roman Emperor, and attendant festivities. Single-page plates are full-page ports

Added engraved t.p. signed by Raab. Engraving of Leopold's arms on t.p. by Gaspard Bouttats. Other engravings by Il Bianchi, Marco Boschini, Bouttats, "Leonardus Hen.t Venetiis," Moritz Lang, Cesare Laurentino, Johann Martin Lerch, Cornelis Meyssens, and Franciscus van den Steen. They are after A. Bloem (Adriaen van Bloemen?), Jan de Herdt, Jacob von Holst, Lerch, Jacob Toorenvliet. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials

Includes index

Includes errata

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